Retention of records: seized or frozen records may be held pending adjudication, with right to copies and conditional release. Section 21 allows officers to retain or continue freezing seized records for up to one hundred and eighty days if believed necessary for inquiries; persons whose records are seized are entitled to obtain copies. Records must be returned after that period unless the Adjudicating Authority, satisfied that the records are required for adjudication under section 8, authorises further retention. After confiscation or specified releases the Adjudicating Authority shall direct release, but the Director may withhold release for ninety days from receipt of the order if relevant to appeal proceedings.